Well, that depends on how you define worse. AFAIK, in the US, most public schools do effectively teach their students to read and write at a basic level (which on average may be much better than in your country).
Grandparent is making a point about the purpose of mandatory school not necessarily being education (in the sense that it makes you a creative problem solver with a rich understanding of the world). This reasoning has a dash of... http://www.cantrip.org/gatto.html ... and a hint of... http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html
When it comes to solving problems, I've anecdotally found that many consciously select an understood, known bad approach over an unlearned, known good approach when "in the long run" the cost of learning the new approach is insignificant compared to the benefits gleaned from it.
Often, the problem lies in a short-term outlook that makes the "long run" look unbearably long: "So what if it takes me twice the time, I don't need to type something very often." Other times, they misunderstand how the new low cost of solving the problem will open up new possibilities: "Actually, I can make those changes. No problem; it won't take long."
This anti-pattern only makes sense to me when instances*badtime learntime + instances*goodtime. A short term outlook will result in you underestimating the number of instances of the problem you'll encounter. A "bird in the hand" outlook will also make you grossly overestimate learncost.
Exactly. It's unclear if their better time was a software engineering or algorithmic feat, though.
Hadoop was able to finish sorting the 1 TB benchmark dataset in 209 s; TFA states Google pulled the same event off in 68 s. The Yahoo blog post you linked to says their compute nodes each sported 4 SATA HDDs. Note TFA mentions Google's 1 PB dataset sort used 48,000 HDDs split between 4,000 machines, or 12 HDDs to a machine. If Google used the same machines to perform their 1 TB sort, then they had 3 times as many HDDs on each compute node, and could probably pull data from storage 3 times as fast.
209 s / 68 s ~ 3.1 -- coincidence, or not? =)
I think a better approach for the tasks mentioned would be to run a single OS and have two independent {mouse cursors / text-field cursors / clipboards / application focuses} in the same desktop environment that spanned the entire screen. This would use less memory and allow people to easily interact with each other's work, make use of OLE objects, etc. You could argue you need two environments for security... but since each user has physical access to the other's input devices... not to mention the ability to see their screen and shoulder-surf it's sort of a moot point.
For starters, I suggest you read sections "Early national period", "Continental expansion", "Indian Wars", "Banana Wars", "The Boxer Rebellion", "Russian Revolution", and "Panama".
Then, for kicks, check out the "Cold War" section above.
Granted, this history is the sum of many imperfect people's actions. That said, believing the US only fights for noble causes is naive. The US has done some ugly things and allied itself with some ugly people in the past to further the agenda of those in the White House (be it good or bad).
Will they be satisfied with the restoration of the Islamic caliphate, the oppression of their women, and the brutal imposition of Sharia law...
There's a big difference between the present Middle East without US troops and a Middle East with a united Islamic empire. You're conveniently skipping several revolutions and not factoring other powers such as Israel into the equation.
Yes, theocracies are notoriously oppressive and intolerant. That said, what does that have to do with the "War on Terrorism"?
If we pulled out the Middle East now and allowed the cancer to grow unchecked then nothing would prevent that final terrible war...
Cancer? Final terrible war? Your post is littered with emotionally charged wording. It is full of black hats and white hats.
The reason for our struggle is... the great ideological battle of our times...
We're struggling to battle? You're not making much sense at this point. Did you mean Christianity vs. Islam, round n?
Words of wisdom coming from a suspiciously low UID.
Stepping onto campus, I had little interest in management roles, as they did not seem interesting (and presumably did not require technical ability). After several co-ops, I developed a respect for those who had both an extensive mastery of a technical field as well as the ability to earn the trust of and successfully coordinate teams of engineers, scientists, etc.
It's hard work IMHO, to manage an intelligent team. You have to dive in the psyche of each member and figure out what motivates them, what they are good at, what they want to learn more about, etc.
The LES is now called the Launch Abort System (LAS). *shrug*
Perhaps the coaster is a faster way to move the entire crew away from the Stick? Keep in mind Orion seats four to six astronauts.
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Well, that depends on how you define worse. AFAIK, in the US, most public schools do effectively teach their students to read and write at a basic level (which on average may be much better than in your country).
... and a hint of...
Grandparent is making a point about the purpose of mandatory school not necessarily being education (in the sense that it makes you a creative problem solver with a rich understanding of the world). This reasoning has a dash of...
http://www.cantrip.org/gatto.html
http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html
When it comes to solving problems, I've anecdotally found that many consciously select an understood, known bad approach over an unlearned, known good approach when "in the long run" the cost of learning the new approach is insignificant compared to the benefits gleaned from it.
Often, the problem lies in a short-term outlook that makes the "long run" look unbearably long: "So what if it takes me twice the time, I don't need to type something very often." Other times, they misunderstand how the new low cost of solving the problem will open up new possibilities: "Actually, I can make those changes. No problem; it won't take long."
This anti-pattern only makes sense to me when instances*badtime learntime + instances*goodtime. A short term outlook will result in you underestimating the number of instances of the problem you'll encounter. A "bird in the hand" outlook will also make you grossly overestimate learncost.
Exactly. It's unclear if their better time was a software engineering or algorithmic feat, though. Hadoop was able to finish sorting the 1 TB benchmark dataset in 209 s; TFA states Google pulled the same event off in 68 s. The Yahoo blog post you linked to says their compute nodes each sported 4 SATA HDDs. Note TFA mentions Google's 1 PB dataset sort used 48,000 HDDs split between 4,000 machines, or 12 HDDs to a machine. If Google used the same machines to perform their 1 TB sort, then they had 3 times as many HDDs on each compute node, and could probably pull data from storage 3 times as fast. 209 s / 68 s ~ 3.1 -- coincidence, or not? =)
I always trust finance.yahoo.com to deliver a fair and balanced report on the strength of Yahoo stock.
I think a better approach for the tasks mentioned would be to run a single OS and have two independent {mouse cursors / text-field cursors / clipboards / application focuses} in the same desktop environment that spanned the entire screen. This would use less memory and allow people to easily interact with each other's work, make use of OLE objects, etc. You could argue you need two environments for security... but since each user has physical access to the other's input devices... not to mention the ability to see their screen and shoulder-surf it's sort of a moot point.
You forgot a 'hey'. Perfect illustration of how flawed pirated works can be.
We do not fight to occupy and oppress or to steal natural resources or to subdue and destroy merely for own security.
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... the great ideological battle of our times...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_
For starters, I suggest you read sections "Early national period", "Continental expansion", "Indian Wars", "Banana Wars", "The Boxer Rebellion", "Russian Revolution", and "Panama".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_war
Then, for kicks, check out the "Cold War" section above.
Granted, this history is the sum of many imperfect people's actions. That said, believing the US only fights for noble causes is naive. The US has done some ugly things and allied itself with some ugly people in the past to further the agenda of those in the White House (be it good or bad).
Will they be satisfied with the restoration of the Islamic caliphate, the oppression of their women, and the brutal imposition of Sharia law...
There's a big difference between the present Middle East without US troops and a Middle East with a united Islamic empire. You're conveniently skipping several revolutions and not factoring other powers such as Israel into the equation.
Yes, theocracies are notoriously oppressive and intolerant. That said, what does that have to do with the "War on Terrorism"?
If we pulled out the Middle East now and allowed the cancer to grow unchecked then nothing would prevent that final terrible war...
Cancer? Final terrible war? Your post is littered with emotionally charged wording. It is full of black hats and white hats.
The reason for our struggle is
We're struggling to battle? You're not making much sense at this point. Did you mean Christianity vs. Islam, round n?
Words of wisdom coming from a suspiciously low UID.
Stepping onto campus, I had little interest in management roles, as they did not seem interesting (and presumably did not require technical ability). After several co-ops, I developed a respect for those who had both an extensive mastery of a technical field as well as the ability to earn the trust of and successfully coordinate teams of engineers, scientists, etc.
It's hard work IMHO, to manage an intelligent team. You have to dive in the psyche of each member and figure out what motivates them, what they are good at, what they want to learn more about, etc.
Eww, holism.
The LES is now called the Launch Abort System (LAS). *shrug* Perhaps the coaster is a faster way to move the entire crew away from the Stick? Keep in mind Orion seats four to six astronauts.
I'm afraid your sarcasm detector needs to be replaced.
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